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The Crossed Cow is The Partners blog. A collection of views, opinions and inspirations gathered from the team behind the UK's most highly awarded brand consultancy.
Tag Archives: Blog
Simply tan-tastic
It always really excites us when we welcome new blood into The Partners. Having recently added 3 lovely new designers to our London teams, we were stunned and delighted when one of our ‘new bloods’ leapt out at us from … Continue reading
A big cheer
It’s not often that I blog about someone having done something well (I am comfortable in my cranky, critical skin thank you) however I, uncomfortably, find myself in a position where I genuinely wish to offer praise and ‘props’ to … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Business
Tagged Art, Bad, Blog, brand, experience, Flash, Fun, London, National Express, ted, trains, vouchers, Work
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One thanks one
In 2004 Design Week published its annual league table of companies ranked according to the number of design awards they had won worldwide in the previous three years. The Partners was 21st. For some of us here, that was a … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Partners
Tagged 2009, Art, Awards, Blog, Creative, Design, Design Week, Number 1, The Partners
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Mini Grand Tour
Don’t you just love Twitter. Follow a bunch of design companies and blogs and all of a sudden your open to a whole world of stuff that you wouldn’t normally see, plus you get to see it a good week … Continue reading
London: (anti) social media capital?
I was intrigued to read last week on The Telegraph website how London has been confirmed as being the ‘top city’ when it comes to social media. Twitter, Facebook and Digg have all confirmed that London has the highest level … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Blog, Conversation, Digital, facebook, London, Music, People, play, Social Media, ted, Twitter
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Congratulations Matthew!
Imagine the initial deafening stunned silence, from the envious population of pencil seekers that rocked the room at the D&AD awards last night when previously unknown 26 year old designer Matthew Dent took to the stage to collect a Black … Continue reading
Preston Profiles – Robert Ball
Our Design director from t’north Robert Ball has been featured as part of the Preston Profiles feature on design blog The Disciples of Design.
Posted in Portfolio, The Partners
Tagged 2008, 2009, Advertising, Advice, Art, Black, Blog, Books, brand, Branding, Campaign, cards, Comment, Creative, D&AD, DandAD, Design, Digital, Education, experience, Flash, Flickr, Free, Fun, Global, Graduate, Graffiti, Grand Tour, ideas, logo, London, New York, Paint, People, Portfolio, Poster, Robert Ball, Sculpture, Student, Students, ted, the National Gallery, The Partners, Thrislington, Work
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Laboratory
After the success of our make-it-yourself catalogue for last year’s Jerwood show ‘an experiment in collaboration’ (featured in the Creative Review annual, Design Week Awards runner up and winner of a Platinum award at Graphis) we were asked to make a … Continue reading →